Chapter 119: Policing
Don't use suspicious people, don't suspect people. Since it was decided to let Wang Yongjiang govern the police, Zhang Zuolin also valued Wang Yongjiang like Zhao Erxun, gave him the power of policing, and asked him to rectify the police affairs in the province. Because of the great responsibility, the power is not small, Wang Yongjiang's title is the provincial police commissioner and the provincial capital police chief. (Don't be surprised, at this time the director is less than the director)
Although the word "police" was only introduced from Japan in the Xin Chou period, the steps to the Chinese political arena were very fast. However, most Chinese in this era do not have a very clear idea of what "police" is. Mukden, as a "monstrous" place outside the border, is no exception. The subjects of the empire under feudal rule and the common people of Li are more familiar with those who carry waist knives and iron chains, show off their might in front of the people, weaken their limbs in front of foreigners, and arrest people all day long.
Of course, after the founding of the Republic of China, Fengtian also had police, which Zhang Hanqing called the old-style police in his mind. At that time, these soldiers in black uniforms were called "black-skinned dogs" by the common people, and it was enough to not disturb the people, and they still wanted them to make a difference? Zhang Hanqing's ideal is to take police reform as the starting point of his political circles in Fengtian, and it is also the beginning of the practice of his political ideas.
Therefore, he tried his best to persuade Zhang Zuolin to bid farewell to the past by appointing new people, adopting new clothes, and implementing new management methods.
The purpose of the police is to serve the people, the old police, if they do not change their heads, they will be replaced, and the new ones will be recruited by the method of unified examination; Use new uniforms to distinguish from the past, so that new police officers can feel a new atmosphere; Only by solidifying the actions of the police in the form of regulations can they be managed with a reasonable basis. He wanted to use this method to quickly clear Tang Yulin's influence in the police.
Zhang Hanqing's proposal is exactly what Wang Yongjiang thinks. He is a literati, of course, he is not the opponent of those old policemen, so he has to start anew, Zhang Hanqing's method is to give him absolute power, so that he is almost unrestrained.
Since Zhang Hanqing came out of Beijing, he has served as a nominal senator in the General's Office. Although Zhang Zuolin basically obeyed some of his ideas, he was familiar with history and always believed that in troubled times, the prestige from Nai's father was far less safe than the subordinates brought out by his own hands. The 27th Division was at the time of tension with the 28th Division, and the veterans of the Fengjun Army were gathered, so it was really difficult to make a name for himself here, so he had to find another shortcut.
Because of his almost unconditional support for Wang Yongjiang's police reform, Zhang Hanqing immediately won Wang Yongjiang's respect, which strengthened Zhang Hanqing's overflowing favor due to his "door-to-door recruitment". Perhaps this kind of goodwill does not mean loyalty, but because Zhang Hanqing withstood the pressure and repeatedly sided with the police in the later clashes between the officers and soldiers of Fengtian and the police, Wang Yongjiang inadvertently branded Zhang Hanqing's personal brand.
Wang Yongjiang deeply felt the respect and trust of Zhang's father and son. After he took office, he reformed the police administration, implemented the separation of the military and the police, and strictly forbade the military from interfering in the police administration. With his handy, the situation caused by the purge of the police force was quickly stabilized.
Zhang Hanqing did not interfere with his policies, but he had to put a lot of effort into designing a new police uniform. In this regard, Wang Yongjiang only regarded him as a curiosity, and besides, it was a non-principled thing, so he had an attitude of seeing and doing. Unexpectedly, when the young marshal personally grabbed the knife and designed the new uniform, his feelings were aroused at once.
It is a light blue shirt with a dark blue tie. This kind of police uniform with a tie immediately raised the perception of the new police in Mukden to an unprecedented height among the Chinese people and even the world. This beautiful costume, wearing a tie that only European and American gentlemen have, immediately brought people's spirit, spirit, and spirit to an unprecedented realm. Some foreigners even praised him as an "armed gentleman" in the newspapers, and this costume has since influenced the world's uniform trends. Zhang Hanqing even claimed that there are three types of this standard shirt, namely light blue long-sleeved shirt, light blue short-sleeved shirt and light blue underwear...
It is not surprising why the young marshal can lead the trend in the clothing industry, because this is originally a standard clothing that has evolved after thousands of tempers in later generations, Zhang Hanqing has been watching it for many years, and it is deeply rooted... Zhang Zuolin thought that this was caused by his eye-opening in Beijing... As for why the Northeast can be unique in engaging in such "novel" clothing, it is really Yuan Shikai who can't care about such trivial things at this time.
Good clothing must have personnel worthy of clothing, and Zhang Hanqing also decided to make the police career a role model for civil servants in the country from the beginning. Therefore, it is very important to the selection of police officers: education is at least primary school or above, no tattoos, no bad habits, clean net worth, and politically excellent: "must be mild-mannered, simple, well-behaved, do things seriously, defend the people, and not ask for thanks."
In a word, Zhang Hanqing wants to make these new police officers into the city's business card and become the image ambassador of the future Feng Department to differentiate itself from other warlords. The original police officers are used differently after selection: those who pass the test are retained, those who can be reformed are returned to the furnace for training and inspection, and those who are incompetent are cleared out of the team.
After a month of intense work, a 3,000-strong police force was released. In front of them, Zhang Zuolin personally presented the letter of appointment to Wang Yongjiang. After a simple training, Wang Yongjiang took this team and drove into Fengtian City.
The ancient city of Mukden suddenly added a different scenery: 3,000 young soldiers wearing new uniforms, in addition to the task of military guard, were also responsible for the province's patrol, fire, household registration, camp, health and other public affairs. Thanks to the presence of special police officers to maintain social order, the social order in Fengtian City has swept away the chaotic situation of the past. According to newspapers at the time, there was a time when there were no thieves for six months.
The force has a complete set of institutions, such as detention centers, mission preparation centers, and military bands, which are "set up to serve and manage the public, prevent problems and resolve disputes". Wang Yongjiang is indeed very capable, in a country that does not have a modern police system, starting from scratch, systems, rules, and training, and making the construction of police affairs in an orderly manner.
Not only is he capable, but he also brought out many experts in urban governance, such as Song Wenyu, Huang Xiansheng, etc., who were later outstanding representatives, and the police department later derived more responsibility units: urban management, urban construction, health, environment, security...
Under the impetus of power and public opinion, the modern police system established by Wang Yongjiang has been gradually spread in various places in Fengtian Province, and has shown amazing vitality. A British correspondent in China once reported that on the street of Fengtian Province, the police actually helped a fellow man pushing a manure truck lift the overturned car. He exclaimed, "Can you imagine such a thing in the past? ”
The success of the military and police reform made Zhang Zuolin believe more and more in Zhang Hanqing's reform ideas, and firmly supported Wang Yongjiang in the subsequent reorganization of the secret agent team and the counterattack against the old police force.